Inquietude
This installation piece is a cathartic response in search for the meaning of existence,perhaps the frailty of it. It has the Self mourning for its owndemise, whispering in between exhales and inhales. This installation exudes a poetic air in finding the intersection between exit and exist- in this case, of Being. I wanted to offer a reclaim to the seraphic seclusion and serenity amidst the immense distraction. The crux of the piece lies on the suspended structure of the white garment, the jubah,drenched in water, a gesture in its own. Rain as tears as stars. A mattress would be the base of the installation. A decayed stool placed as the centerpiece on the mattress. On it, an exposed photograph on a frame, collecting the drops of water while ruining the print. The mattress connotes a place of resting, a death, a birth. Collecting water in her palms. In her tiredness, she bears the weight. Cups as lips as palms. The air writhing as the poetry hails like a requiem. It offers not just one ultimatum but as said, a renegotiation of spaces and phases- beautiful yet deathly.